Emoni Bates says he’s been offered by Michigan State

Ypsilanti Lincoln’s Emoni Bates, who is ranked as the No. 1 player in the nation in the 2022 class, received an offer from Michigan State, he wrote on Twitter.

Bates (6-foot-9, 180 pounds), who led Lincoln to its first boys basketball state championship as a freshman last season, also has offers from DePaul and Florida State.

Bates, however, has indicated that he would prefer to go directly from high school to the NBA, bypassing college basketball. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said that he would like to eliminate the league’s “one-and-done” requirement.

Bates and his Bates Fundamentals AAU team is in Georgia this week competing in the Peach Jam tournament.